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Reel Family : E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial

Director: Steven Spielberg

USA 1982, 120 min, 35mm

Jul 21 (2012) @ 12pm

After a group of alien scientists accidentally leave one of their own behind, ten year old Elliott (Henry Thomas) makes first contact after leaving a trail of Reese’s Pieces candies. The two become fast friends, even developing a sort of... view more

The Wages of Fear

Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot

France 1953, 147 min, New 35mm print!

Jul 20 (2012) @ 8:45pm
Jul 21 (2012) @ 2:15pm
Jul 21 & 23 (2012) @ 6:45pm

Fasten your seatbelts! Gallic master of suspense Henri-Georges Clouzot, often called the French Hitchcock, had his greatest success with this legendary 1953 thriller, which won best film honours at both Berlin and Cannes and was perhaps the most widely seen... view more

5 Broken Cameras

Director: Emad Burnat, Guy Davidi

Occupied Palestinian Territory 2011, 90 min, Digital

Jul 20, 22 & 24 (2012) @ 7pm
Jul 21 (2012) @ 5pm
Jul 21 & 23 (2012) @ 9:30pm
Jul 22 (2012) @ 12:30pm
Jul 25 (2012) @ 9:15pm

When his fourth son, Gibreel, is born, Emad, a Palestinian villager, gets his first camera. In his village, Bil'in, a separation barrier is being built and the villagers start to resist this decision. For more than five years, Emad films... view more

Metro Bizarro: Beyond the Black Rainbow

Director: Panos Cosmatos

Canada 2010, 110 min, Digital

Jul 20 (2012) @ 11:30pm
Jul 22 (2012) @ 2:15pm
Jul 22 (2012) @ 9pm

Can you face what lies _Beyond the Black Rainbow_? It's 1983 and Elena (Eva Allan) is trapped in Arboria, a futuristic commune that she must escape from whilst unraveling it's sordid existence. An impressive debut from writer / director Panos... view more

7th May, 2013

Programmer's Blurb May 2013

By : metro

Hi everyone,

The cinema exhibition industry has spent the last few years converting to Digital Cinema presentation, and Metro Cinema has now fully entered this brave new world, with the installation of the last part of our Digital Cinema system, we are now able to screen DCPs (Digital Cinema Packages).
Some of our DCPs this month include new titles like Ginger & Rosa by Sally Potter, Wrong by Quentin Dupieux and Spring Breakers by Harmony Korine; alongside classics like The Tin Drum, Taxi Driver and The Rocky Horror Picture Show, and the Canadian theatrical premiere of Unclaimed, by Edmonton filmmaker Michael Jorgenson. All are screening from DCP.

However, what sets Metro Cinema apart from most ...

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